Comment on Your TV set has become a digital billboard. And it’s only getting worse.

Unlocalhost@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

• GenosseFlosse@feddit.org ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Commercial displays are not tvs. Quite often the refresh rate is terrible and you cannot watch action movies on it, because it was designed to show static billboard ads.

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  • xthexder@l.sw0.com ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Not to mention if you want an OLED display, any sort of commercial variant of that will be $10000+ and marketed to Hollywood producers and other creative industries that care about color accuracy.

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• BritishJ@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Or hear me out… Just don’t give it an internet connection.

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  • Plopp@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Some TVs listen for open networks and use those, so if there is one near you your TV could sneak out either way.

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    • PrettyFlyForAFatGuy@feddit.uk ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      open the back of the TV, locate the arial on the board and scratch away the traces leading to it.

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    • Avatar_of_Self@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      If it doesn’t have the passphrase for wifi, how is it going to connect? I rarely see unsecured wifis around neighborhoods anymore. For copper/fiber, you’re not going to hook it up to keep it disocnnected.

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      • ultramaven@sh.itjust.works ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        It’s not that simple.

        Here’s an example: Amazon could outfit all of their delivery vehicles with open wifi networks. Every Alexa device calls home when a truck drives by.

        Here’s another: you may have a guest wifi, or your neighbor, or their neighbor. All it needs is one.

        Yeah of course there are solutions to faraday cage it away from the world. But all they need is one connection. You have to stop it forever.

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      • Plopp@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        If it doesn’t have the passphrase for wifi

        Open networks have no passphrase. Otherwise they wouldn’t be open. And yes they’re less common but it doesn’t mean you’re neighbor can’t set one up at any given time.

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  • Unlocalhost@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Cheaper TV’s sometimes won’t function without one.

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    • BritishJ@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      So buy one that’s a little more expensive and will. It’s still going to be tons cheaper that a commercial display and offer better performance

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• HonorableScythe@lemm.ee ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  This is what I did. Works fine for my needs. My older relatives hate it but they rarely come over.

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• JustZ@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Hospitality TV

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